Homestead-Miami Speedway to collect donations for Hurricane Matthew relief

Homestead-Miami Speedway, in partnership with Chris Fellowship Church, will be collecting donations on Oct. 14 at Fast Lane Friday presented by The Ticket Clinic to help those affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Homestead-Miami is also offering car enthusiasts who donate the chance the chance to enter their street-legal car for an opportunity to compete on the 1/8-mile drag strip from 6 p.m. to Midnight. Donations will be accepted started at 5 p.m.

Those who make donations from 5 – 9 p.m. will also have the opportunity to take a paced lap around the 1.5-mile speedway. Contributions can also be made without having to enter into Fast Lane Friday. Any individual who donates an item will be entered into a raffle with the chance to win a $100 gift card.

Those wishing to donate to the cause are encouraged to bring the follow supplies:

• Anti-Bacterial Bar Soap
• Antibiotic ointment
• Aspirin/Tylenol
• Baby blankets
• Baby bottles
• Baby clothing
• Baby formula
• Baby scales
• Bandages
• Batteries
• Diapers
• Feminine products
• First aid kits
• Flashlights
• Gauze
• Hand sanitizer
• Hygiene kits
• Mosquito nets/bed nets (for pregnant women to protect from Zika)
• Pedialyte
• Powdered baby formula
• Protein bars
• Protein drinks
• Tents/tarps
• Thermometers
• Vitamins
• Water purification tablets

Hurricane Matthew was a category 2 storm when it traveled up the Florida coast the weekend of Oct. 7. In addition to the damage it caused in Florida, Hurricane Matthew is reported to be responsible for the death of nine individuals while leaving one million people without power.

For more information on Fast Lane Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Hurricane Matthew donations, you can visit here.

Atlanta Motor Speedway opens campgrounds to Hurricane Matthew evacuees

With Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm nearing the Florida coast and expected to move up the East Coast over the next two days, Atlanta Motor Speedway has opened its “Family Campgrounds” to evacuees for free.

Evacuees also will have access to the Hampton, Georgia, track’s camper bathhouse facility for hot showers and restrooms.

From an Atlanta Motor Speedway release:

Those interested in RV or tent camping at Atlanta Motor Speedway should enter the facility at Entrance “A” off Hwy 19/41 at Speedway Boulevard and take the first left at entrance N. The Family Campgrounds will be on the left. From I-75 and GA Highway 20, campers should see signs to AMS and follow Lower Woolsey Road to Speedway Boulevard. Turn right on Speedway Boulevard and follow to entrance N.

For on-site assistance or directions, visit the ticket office/gift store building. Atlanta Motor Speedway is located approximately 25 miles south of Atlanta on Hwy 19/41 and approximately eight miles west of I-75 off of GA Highway 20.

Here is a map of the area around AMS provided by the track.